Secretary's Budget. 331 



POTATO FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS. 



Showing the comparative yields in pounds, the fertilizers used, 

 the relative size of vines and the number of patatoes, with remarks. 

 Trenches two spades, 33 feet long ; variety White Star : 



No. 12. Nitrate of Soda 200 



Dissolved bone-black 400 10. 291-2 254 98 



Sulphate of potash 300 



No. 13. Fine ground bone 1,000 6.50 21 1-2 255 58 



No. 16. No fertilizer 5. 23 1-2 227 64 



No. 17 Mapes Potato Ma- 

 nure. 800 10. 35 415 106 



No. 18. Farm Manure, 2 

 years old. 



No. 19. No fertilizer. 



No. 20. Sifted coal ashes, 

 2 years old. 



No. 21. Kainit. 



